Rapperswil
Former municipality of Switzerland in St. Gallen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rapperswil (Swiss German: [ˈrɑpːərʃˌʋiːl] or [ˈrɑpːərsˌʋiːl];[2] short: Rappi) is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, located between Obersee and the main part of Lake Zurich.
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Rapperswil | |
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Rapperswil as seen from Etzel mountain: Capuchin monastery to the left, Rapperswil castle and St. John's church in the background, Lake Zürich harbour and Altstadt in the foreground respectively Seedamm, wooden bridge and upper Lake Zürich to the right (October 2010) | |
Coordinates: 47°13.6′N 8°49′E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | St. Gallen |
District | See-Gaster |
Municipality | Rapperswil-Jona |
Government | |
• Mayor | Stadtpräsident/Stadtammann (list) |
Area | |
• Total | 1.74 km2 (0.67 sq mi) |
Elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[1] | |
• Total | 2,618 |
• Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 8640 |
SFOS number | 3336 |
ISO 3166 code | CH-SG |
Surrounded by | Altendorf (SZ), Freienbach (SZ), Jona, Bollingen, Lachen (SZ) |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
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